Unregulated Abortion in Haiti

Abortion however is practiced heavily in Haiti, irresponsibly, in lieu and place of contraceptives.

May I have your attention please... Abortion is not a form of contraception... condom, pills, IUD are.

Abortion however is practiced heavily in Haiti, irresponsibly, in lieu and place of contraceptives.

It is hard to track them down and come up with statistics, because of the veil of secrecy around the abortion business.

From one Heineken + 2 aspirins to the Trans-cervical suction

From a Metal hanger, a Bag of leaves, to the Mechanical scraping.

From the Oxytocin to the Morning after...

Any kind of methods, one more dreadful than the other, are used every 10 minutes to abort a fetus somewhere in Haiti.

The toll of deaths resulting from those frivolous, unregulated abortions goes beyond imagination...

Hemorrhage

Exsanguinations

Uterine perforation

Peritonitis

AIDS

STD

Hepatitis

Uterine synechia

Depression

Emotional trauma...

This is simply unbelievable!

Do you know how many women die every day as a consequence of unregulated abortions in Haiti?

What about non qualified individuals practicing empiric abortions?

Should we not have serious studies done around this issue?

Could we do something to put a bit of decency in and around this practice?

Do you know that is a pretty lucrative business?

Our intervention: Abortion is wrong and should be discouraged. However! every woman should always have the right to run her life the way she finds the most appropriate to her belief...

Abort or not to abort should finally be her own decision... not of the state.

It is our responsibility as a society and as a nation, to provide security to the Haitian women, to address their emotional concerns and make sure that the procedures are done by qualified individuals, in a safe environment.